The Cuckoo's Calling

By: Robert Galbraith

Narrated by: Robert Glenister

Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling’s brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in “one of the best books of the year” (USA Today).

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, creditors are calling, and after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, he’s living in his office.

Then John Bristow walks through his door with a shocking story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry - known to her friends as the Cuckoo - famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.

Fast-paced and sharply drawn, this dazzling detective novel inspired Strike, the BBC crime drama series that has captivated millions of viewers worldwide.

©2013 Robert Galbraith (P)2013 Hachette Audio

amazing

it's not often you get blown away twice. I had no idea that the series was by JK until my girlfriend told me. now I get to experience more of her masterful writing

A great mystery

I loved this book!! So many suspects!! I only listened because I love Harry Potter but this just proves that J.K. Rowling can write anything!

great story

loved the story. The narrator is great as well. Hope there are more stories in the series.

Whodunnit in the classic sense

Interesting characters. Story woven brilliantly. Audio version acted with perfect voices. Can't wait for the next one.

MYSTERY

Very Good Mystery.
The narrator performance was great and the book was very interesting. I enjoyed all of it so I would give it four and a half to 5 stars

Nice work

Great narrator and very good story. Anxious to see how the dynamic between the main characters play out in the next installment .

Fabulous!

I liked this book every bit as much as Harry Potter. You've got to admire JK Rowling's versatility. Who reads a whodunnit more than once? I did. I was enchanted by the characters and the writing. Sadly, the sequels are so graphically violent and gruesome I had to bail on the rest of the series.

Entertaining Story, Very Likeable Characters

I really enjoyed this story, the performance, and the characters. The "murder mystery" wasn't cliche and was very current. I loved the characters of Strike and....damn. All of a sudden I forgot the name of his secretary. They were very likeable in their struggles, their strengths, and weaknesses. The reader was also great. I would love if this became a series!

I was hoping for more from my favorite writer!

Any additional comments?

I mainly purchased this audiobook because of the author, JK Rowling. While the story isn't miserable, it certainly wasn't as I had hoped. I was bored...a lot. I found the main character quite endearing but the story line just lacked the imagination and intensity I was expecting from the very famous writer. Why she feels she must publish under a different name became a bit clearer to me after finishing the book.....

Different Genre, but still a winner for Rowling

So interesting to read something from Rowling that isn't Harry Potter, and she did such a great job with this book. So much great detail went into the main characters and the intricate mystery. She's created yet another series that I'll want to read every bit of.

The narration was really solid as well!